Abstract
Ultraviolet, visible and near infrared radiation leads to electronic excitation in absorbing molecules. Excited molecules are able to perform certain photochemical reactions, e.g. photosynthetic electron transport or the photochemical transformations of phytochrome discussed earlier.
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Mohr, H., Schopfer, P. (1995). Effects of Ionising Radiation. In: Plant Physiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-97570-7_28
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